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On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Martin Gautier <martin.gautier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 13/09/11 12:28, Roland Tarver wrote: >> >> problem location (1) is a netgear dgn1000. The netbook OS is > > I've seen problems similar to what you describe on a dgn1000 wifi network > with Windows 7 boxes attached - slow connections, router stopping > responding, websites failing to load etc. > > Bizarrely, my Ubuntu laptop works fine consistently apart from when the > router just gives up and all connections drop. Rebooting the router brings > everyone online again but after a few hours things start playing up again. > > dgn1000s are new(ish) aren't they? Is there a new firmware available yet? > There wasn't when I last looked. > > I've not had a chance to look into my problem in any detail but I have > noticed that the dgn1000 supports quite a few wifi features concurrently. My > plan was to switch some of them off to see if that helped. Specifically, you > can have WPA with AES *and* TKIP encryption simultaneously but clients will > use *either* one or the other, not both. It also has a special proprietary > Netgear -> Netgear speed enhancement thingie which sounds "dodgy". > > It might also be worth checking what MTU is set on all the equipment > involved. If I remember correctly, LANs are supposed to run at 1500 (but > most kit can auto-sense) but ADSL connections can be different depending on > the ISP (1400+/-). > > Martin Hi Martin Thank you very much for the information. Will test when I am next over the girlfriend's (it's her net book) over the next few days :-) Many thanks Roly :-) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq